Parkview starting residency program to train medical school graduates
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
A new residency program to train medical school graduates in internal medicine and general surgery is taking shape in Fort Wayne under the auspices of Parkview Health.
The program, based at Parkview's Randallia Hospital, is planned to have 45 internal medicine residents in three years and 20 general surgical residents in five years, according to Dr. Susan Steffy, the program's clinical leader and Parkview Randallia's chief medical officer.
The residency program aims to increase the supply of physicians in northeast Indiana, she said.
Although Indiana has 130 residency programs, the general surgery program will be only the third in the state and the only one outside Indianapolis. The internal medicine program is the fifth in the state.